Apple has filed a patent which indicates a new generation of iPods equipped with scrollwheels providing feedback using illumination of the wheel itself. The illustration accompanying the patent shows a scrollwheel of the familiar design which glows brighter the greater the scrolling input from the user’s finger.
Here’s a list of the significant technical announcements from MacWorld 2008. Each of the headlines below is fleshed out in a full post — just click on the links to get the juicy details!
Cnet is reporting that “Asus is helping Apple build a Tablet PC”. This would normally be regarded as typical speculation that surrounds both Apple and it’s products were it not for further longstanding indications of a tablet format computer from Apple.
Apple has filed for two new patents which imply that we could see Macs with Multi-Touch technology in the near future. This may confirm rumours circulating at the moment that Apple is at last about to announce the launch of a tablet format MacBook.
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